Reaching for castles in the air, while keeping my feet on the ground. Usually.

Friday, September 2, 2011

That was easy!

Last week I read a post on one of the blogs that I follow (http://missbrave.blogspot.com/2011/08/staples-not-in-fact-all-that-easy.html), and was both amused and saddened by the author's experience at Staples.
I love Staples. It is one of those places that just makes me happy. However, I have also felt the "shame" of not donating to whatever school supply drive is going on. 99% of the time the "shame" comes despite the fact that I KNOW how much of my own money I spend on things for students! Then, yesterday, this happened.

I stopped in at my local store so that I could buy all sorts of things (though without a list as comprehensive as when I taught in a PH and had to take supplies for all of my students with me), and was irritated to hear a long spiel being given to every other customer. NOT that I think that the school supplies drive was a bad thing, or that they SHOULDN'T be asking for donations, but because I was dreading being asked.

I got to the register, emptied my cart, and pulled out my teacher identification so that I could get my 15% teacher appreciation discount (Yay for the last discount day!)...and she didn't even ask. No spiel, no guilt, no assumptions. Whether she refrained because she saw what I was buying, because of the identification, or because she was just sick of asking people, it doesn't matter!

About Me

I was a primary school teacher at a small private school on Vancouver Island. Now I'll be a principal/classroom teacher/distance learning instructor at an even smaller private school in British Columbia.